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Kenya-Japan Trade: In 2022, Kenya exported $71.9M to Japan. The main products that Kenya exported to Japan were Titanium Ore ($17.5M), Other Ores ($12.9M), and Coffee ($9.63M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Kenya to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 9.1%, from $46.5M in 2017 to $71.9M in 2022.

In 2022, Kenya did not export any services to Japan.

Japan-Kenya Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $927M to Kenya. The main products that Japan exported to Kenya were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to Kenya have increased at an annualized rate of 3.52%,  from $780M in 2017 to $927M in 2022.

In 2022, Japan did not export any services to Kenya.

Comparison: In 2022,  Kenya ranked 87 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 115 in total exports ($7.34B). That same year, Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07), and 4 in total exports ($728B).

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Trade between Kenya (Flag) and Japan (Flag)

Kenya Exports

Japan Exports

Market Competitiveness

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Kenya
Top Destination
United States$722M
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B

This map shows whether countries import more from Kenya or Japan. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Kenya and Japan or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Kenya than Japan included Uganda ($677M), Rwanda ($439M), and South Sudan ($170M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Japan than Kenya included United States ($137B), China ($135B), and South Korea ($50.8B).

Difference in imports from Japan (Flag) and Kenya (Flag) (2022)

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Kenya Japan+$9.77MCoffee
Top Product Potential Japan Kenya+$14.6MMotor vehicles; parts and accessories (8701 to 8705)

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Kenya and Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Kenya indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over Kenya.

Product Space of Kenya (Flag) and Japan (Flag) (NaN)

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